{"id":248442,"date":"2026-04-27T16:41:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T16:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/248442\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T16:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T16:41:10","slug":"for-237-million-the-scarface-home-can-be-yours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/248442\/","title":{"rendered":"For $237 Million, the Scarface Home Can Be Yours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1240\" height=\"827\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2_485-W-Matheson-Dr_1oakstudios_02_TWI.jpg\" class=\"article-thumbnail-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"Water views from the Scarface mansion\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDid someone say (multi) million-dollar views?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Jill Eber\/Judy Zeder\/1 Oak Studios<\/p>\n<p>Have you ever found yourself drooling over Miami drug lord Frank Lopez\u2019s oceanfront mansion in Scarface? Do you also have $237 million? <\/p>\n<p>If so, you\u2019re in luck: The iconic Key Biscayne home just hit the market. John Devaney, the founder and CEO of\u00a0United Capital Markets, is selling the 2.38-acre property he bought in 2003, according to a press release from Coldwell Banker Realty. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"683\" width=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/9_485-W-Matheson-Dr_1oakstudios_08_TWI-1.jpg\" alt=\"A view of the pool at 485 W Matheson Drive\" class=\"wp-image-40544778\"  \/>Peep the piano-shaped pool.<\/p>\n<p>Jill Eber\/Judy Zeder\/1 Oak Studios<\/p>\n<p>The asking price for 485 W Matheson Drive takes the Miami area\u2019s already sky-high real estate prices to the stratosphere.  Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, set Miami-Dade County\u2019s current record sale price when they<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miaminewtimes.com\/news\/mark-zuckerberg-buys-170m-miami-mansion-for-real-this-time-40528787\/\"> forked over $170 million<\/a> for an under-construction mansion on Indian Creek island. The Miami region is in the throes of what the New York Times has <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/03\/03\/realestate\/billionaire-miami-real-estate-zuckerburg.html\">dubbed<\/a> the \u201cNew Miami Gold Rush,\u201d with the super-rich scurrying to spend millions on real estate while much of the rest of the country grapples with economic uncertainty.<\/p>\n<p>The 13,000 square foot Scarface house still features the glass elevator from the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CocvlSgFL6Q\">iconic scene<\/a> in which Tony Montana first spots Lopez\u2019s wife, Elvira, as she descends in a green dress. It\u2019s fully functional, per the press release; the Wall Street Journal <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/real-estate\/luxury-homes\/scarface-house-key-biscayne-florida-lists-for-237-million-58e7e0dc\">quoted<\/a> Devaney as saying that guests of charity events he and his wife have hosted \u201call want to ride in the stainless steel and glass elevator and take photos.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"683\" width=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3_485-W-Matheson-Dr_1oakstudios_06_TWI.jpg\" alt=\"The glass elevator remains in place\" class=\"wp-image-40544779\"  \/>You can do your best Elvira Hancock impression as the elevator descends.<\/p>\n<p>Jill Eber\/Judy Zeder\/1 Oak Studios<\/p>\n<p>It also has a helipad. The feature was constructed by the Department of Defense when the property served as Winter White House for President Richard Nixon, who vacationed with his family in a modest bungalow on the compound, according to the Journal. <\/p>\n<p>The newspaper reported that the mansion itself was built around 1981 by a pilot named Roberto Striedinger, who was convicted of cocaine smuggling for the Medell\u00edn cartel. It appeared in Miami Vice in addition to Scarface, the press release notes. Jill Eber, who is representing the seller alongside her colleague Judy Zeder, described it as \u201camong the most extraordinary properties in the world where cultural legacy spans both cinematic and American history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"683\" width=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/51_485-W-Matheson-Dr_1oakstudiosdrone_35_DR.jpg\" alt=\"The helipad \" class=\"wp-image-40544780\"  \/>default<\/p>\n<p>Jill Eber\/Judy Zeder\/1 Oak Studios<\/p>\n<p>Devaney told the Journal he decided to sell in part because of the demand for what the paper described as \u201ctrophy properties.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are lots of guys looking,\u201d he told the Journal. \u201cLet someone else take a turn, one of these real big dogs in the market.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Did someone say (multi) million-dollar views? 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